Youth Games

This youth game is good if you need a quick 5-minute icebreaker or time filler. It works best for groups of 10 or more people.The leader thinks of a criterion (examples below) and the group must line up in order of that criteria.

Divide your group into two teams.Setup the room with a divider down the middle (like a sheet) and play life-size battleship. Have participants lie down on the floor like battleships and use a beach ball as the bomb.One player from each group is assigned to be the thrower. If the ball hits someone on the full, their ship sinks.

Here's a quick and easy one to set up. All you need is some Lego, two rooms a little distance in between and three members in each team.In one room, you start with 1 member of the team, a flat Lego base and a pile of Lego bricks. The second member of the team is outside the rooms. The third is in the other room with a similar Lego base that has several bricks already positioned on it.

One person is "it"They select another participant in the group and they have to make them laugh or smile in any way possible in less than 20 seconds.If they do not, then "It" moves to another person. If the victim does laugh they become "It".

This activity can be run with medium to large sized groups and is a good one to teach the concept of trust.Make a big circle and get everyone to put their right leg in towards the circle. You will then need to get each person to move in so as to reduce the size of the circle. Keep moving everyone in until players are touching the person either side of them.

The focus of the game is for a coordinator to ask participants if they want to come to the Land of OGG,For example, in the land of Ogg there are sheep who eat grass but no cows in fields, there are floods but no water.The aim of the game is for people to think of words that have a double letter in them (Sheep, Rabbit, Bunny, walls, floors, doors, Cattle) you get the gist.

Equipment needed: Burger King paper crownBathrobePair of shorts2 large class ringsBlindfolda sturdy table and chairTake 3 youth out of the room.Set up the room placing a chair on top of the table in front of the other youth. The youth coordinator places a paper crown on his head and puts on the robe and shorts - no socks.

Everybody stands in a circle, and throw a balloon in the center.Round 1: Keep the balloon off the floor, people in the circle have to run in and punch the balloon up while saying their name (the same participants can't hit the balloon twice).

Each night before we delve into the talk and then the bible study, our youth group likes to do a little “something” to introduce the main idea to the kids. Think of it as the appetizer to a theological dinner. It’s small, fun, full of flavor and leaves you wanting more.

This is an icebreaker game which will aid in getting your group chatting and talking together. The leader or facilitator should think of a situation - for example, care, marriage, a sports captain.Split the group into teams of two then ask the teams the following - you have just one question to ask to determine the suitability of candidates for this situation.

Split your group up into groups of pairs - each person should spend 3-4 minutes learning three things about the person they have been paired with. For instance, their name, their favorite food, number of siblings, etc.After 3-4 minutes, reconvene and each person should introduce the person they were paired with to the rest of the cluster.

PreparationMake balls of ice cream with a whistle hidden in the center of it. Mix in some sour gummy worms to make it a little more interesting.The gameWith their hands behind their backs and only using their mouths, each player has to get the whistle in the center of the ice cream ball and blow the whistle (it has to make a noise).